Sunday Times

Jurie might live to Roux his Saru job

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appointed him.

It stressed that the vetting process was done “entirely by an external recruitmen­t company”.

They added that the company had interviewe­d the candidates, drew up a short list and made a recommenda­tion to the general council. They concluded the release by saying, “the recommenda­tion in regard to Jurie Roux did not include any suggestion of an inquiry into his employment at Stellenbos­ch University”.

The former administra­tor did, however, raise an issue which a current office bearer also found to be odd.

“The question has to be whether more people at the university knew about this. I find it peculiar that only two people, Chris de Beer [former head of student fees] and Jurie supposedly knew about this.

“At the time all the universiti­es were spending lots of money on establishi­ng strong Varsity Cup sides. In fact, Maties won it the first three years.”

The university said it could not comment until it sought legal counsel.

The Saru executive will apparently find time to discuss the matter next Friday. preserve the secrecy of taxpayer informatio­n,” Memela said. “This is set out in chapter six of the Tax Administra­tion Act. Therefore we are unable to comment on this taxpayer’s affairs.”

Meanwhile, the Kings have been taken to court for allegedly receiving money — amounting to more than R20-million — fraudulent­ly from the city council .

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium managers Access Management have also been listed as one of the respondent­s in the court papers filed on Friday.

A damning draft Deloitte report, seen by the Sunday Times, that was commission­ed by the National Treasury last year, also suggests a corrupt relationsh­ip between the metro, Access Management and the Kings.

Furthermor­e, in the court documents seen by the Sunday Times, it is alleged that the Bay flouted Municipal Management Act rules in extending Access Management’s tender to manage the Nelson Mandela Bay

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